People v. Lipira

ENOCH, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by defendant, Stephen Vincent Lipira, of a judgment of conviction of third degree arson.

After the case was scheduled for oral argument, the attorney general advised the Court that since the filing of this appeal, the defendant had died, and therefore moved that the appeal be dismissed. The defendant’s attorney has requested, on behalf of defendant’s widow, that we proceed with the appeal and rule on the merits of the issues raised.

In a few states the courts, under the circumstances of this case, have ruled that the appeal should proceed to a determination…